The third round of Monster Energy Supercross was the first to use the new Triple Crown format, adding another layer of excitement to the start of the season.
The format gave us racing that mattered as soon as the night show started, and by the end of the night we saw five different riders take the checkered flag in six motos. And because of the Olympic scoring system that was used to determine the overall, we still have close battles for the championship in both classes.
Let’s dive into the lap data to figure out how these races were won and lost, and what the three-moto format changed with this week’s Sign of the (Lap) Times. First, our traditional lap time charts.
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
1st |
49.894 |
2 |
50.509 |
Cole Seely |
2 |
7th |
50.242 |
9 |
50.773 |
Jason Anderson |
3 |
5th |
50.244 |
6 |
51.049 |
Eli Tomac |
4 |
3rd |
50.360 |
7 |
50.857 |
Blake Baggett |
5 |
2nd |
50.593 |
8 |
50.907 |
Justin Brayton |
6 |
6th |
50.589 |
9 |
51.279 |
Josh Grant |
7 |
4th |
50.601 |
3 |
51.074 |
Weston Peick |
8 |
8th |
50.632 |
8 |
51.161 |
Justin Barcia |
9 |
18th |
50.878 |
4 |
52.040 |
Vince Friese |
10 |
9th |
50.996 |
6 |
51.409 |
Marvin Musquin |
11 |
16th |
51.060 |
7 |
51.843 |
Malcolm Stewart |
12 |
22nd |
51.062 |
10 |
52.162 |
Broc Tickle |
13 |
11th |
51.319 |
3 |
51.971 |
Ken Roczen |
14 |
15th |
51.354 |
7 |
52.010 |
Jeremy Martin |
15 |
10th |
51.355 |
2 |
51.837 |
Cooper Webb |
16 |
14th |
51.502 |
6 |
52.270 |
Dean Wilson |
17 |
12th |
51.530 |
5 |
52.228 |
Chad Reed |
18 |
13th |
51.674 |
6 |
52.210 |
Tyler Bowers |
19 |
21st |
52.171 |
6 |
52.991 |
Ben LaMay |
20 |
17th |
52.254 |
7 |
53.401 |
Kyle Cunningham |
21 |
19th |
52.557 |
5 |
53.752 |
Alex Ray |
22 |
20th |
52.872 |
5 |
54.007 |
Dakota Tedder |
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
1st |
50.589 |
4 |
51.446 |
Eli Tomac |
2 |
2nd |
50.711 |
7 |
51.524 |
Cole Seely |
3 |
3rd |
50.718 |
12 |
51.459 |
Jason Anderson |
4 |
10th |
50.760 |
8 |
52.088 |
Blake Baggett |
5 |
5th |
50.948 |
6 |
51.609 |
Justin Barcia |
6 |
9th |
51.009 |
8 |
52.692 |
Weston Peick |
7 |
6th |
51.260 |
4 |
52.342 |
Justin Brayton |
8 |
4th |
51.323 |
7 |
51.810 |
Josh Grant |
9 |
7th |
51.353 |
5 |
52.303 |
Cooper Webb |
10 |
11th |
51.456 |
6 |
52.633 |
Marvin Musquin |
11 |
8th |
51.503 |
6 |
52.476 |
Malcolm Stewart |
12 |
12th |
51.522 |
8 |
52.570 |
Ken Roczen |
13 |
13th |
51.751 |
6 |
52.738 |
Broc Tickle |
14 |
19th |
51.890 |
14 |
53.432 |
Vince Friese |
15 |
14th |
51.961 |
7 |
52.824 |
Dean Wilson |
16 |
15th |
52.320 |
10 |
52.866 |
Jeremy Martin |
17 |
16th |
52.468 |
10 |
53.463 |
Tyler Bowers |
18 |
17th |
52.536 |
5 |
53.870 |
Chad Reed |
19 |
21st |
52.728 |
8 |
54.068 |
Dakota Tedder |
t-20 |
20th |
53.056 |
8 |
53.930 |
Kyle Cunningham |
t-20 |
18th |
53.056 |
8 |
53.732 |
Alex Ray |
22 |
22nd |
53.082 |
6 |
54.537 |
Ben LaMay |
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
1st |
50.472 |
7 |
51.683 |
Jason Anderson |
2 |
2nd |
51.178 |
9 |
52.066 |
Eli Tomac |
3 |
6th |
51.382 |
6 |
52.208 |
Blake Baggett |
4 |
8th |
51.508 |
6 |
52.456 |
Josh Grant |
5 |
7th |
51.546 |
7 |
52.131 |
Cole Seely |
6 |
5th |
51.610 |
10 |
52.286 |
Weston Peick |
7 |
11th |
51.571 |
7 |
52.734 |
Cooper Webb |
8 |
4th |
51.592 |
9 |
52.185 |
Ken Roczen |
9 |
10th |
51.593 |
11 |
52.542 |
Jeremy Martin |
10 |
9th |
51.659 |
19 |
52.317 |
Justin Barcia |
11 |
3rd |
51.735 |
7 |
52.120 |
Justin Brayton |
12 |
12th |
52.064 |
5 |
52.863 |
Broc Tickle |
13 |
13th |
52.281 |
4 |
53.784 |
Vince Friese |
14 |
14th |
52.443 |
4 |
53.740 |
Malcolm Stewart |
15 |
18th |
52.786 |
8 |
54.481 |
Alex Ray |
16 |
15th |
52.929 |
5 |
53.714 |
Kyle Cunningham |
17 |
17th |
52.950 |
6 |
54.019 |
Tyler Bowers |
18 |
16th |
53.227 |
6 |
54.132 |
Chad Reed |
19 |
19th |
53.757 |
4 |
56.086 |
Dakota Tedder |
20 |
21st |
53.858 |
4 |
54.968 |
Marvin Musquin |
21 |
20th |
54.246 |
7 |
56.300 |
Ben LaMay |
22 |
22nd |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
Dean Wilson |
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
5th |
50.461 |
4 |
51.635 |
Shane McElrath |
2 |
1st |
50.544 |
6 |
51.049 |
Joey Savatgy |
3 |
2nd |
50.723 |
3 |
51.263 |
Christian Craig |
4 |
6th |
50.809 |
5 |
51.388 |
Aaron Plessinger |
5 |
3rd |
50.998 |
5 |
51.378 |
Mitchell Oldenburg |
6 |
4th |
51.015 |
3 |
51.775 |
Adam Cianciarulo |
7 |
7th |
51.807 |
2 |
52.110 |
Hayden Mellross |
8 |
8th |
51.894 |
3 |
52.619 |
Phil Nicoletti |
9 |
18th |
51.921 |
3 |
52.780 |
Mitchell Harrison |
10 |
15th |
51.985 |
5 |
52.733 |
Chase Sexton |
11 |
11th |
51.997 |
7 |
52.572 |
Justin Hill |
12 |
13th |
52.502 |
8 |
53.682 |
Bradley Taft |
13 |
9th |
52.558 |
4 |
53.151 |
Kyle Chisholm |
14 |
10th |
52.684 |
5 |
53.474 |
Cole Martinez |
15 |
14th |
52.770 |
8 |
53.470 |
Dakota Alix |
16 |
12th |
52.823 |
6 |
53.543 |
Ryan Breece |
17 |
17th |
52.989 |
3 |
53.855 |
Justin Starling |
18 |
16th |
53.036 |
6 |
53.978 |
Jean Carlo Ramos |
19 |
20th |
53.192 |
6 |
55.006 |
Chase Marquier |
20 |
19th |
53.549 |
4 |
54.750 |
Killian Auberson |
21 |
21st |
54.023 |
6 |
54.580 |
Brandan Leith |
22 |
22nd |
54.115 |
9 |
54.754 |
Justin Hoeft |
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
1st |
50.168 |
2 |
51.319 |
Shane McElrath |
2 |
2nd |
50.819 |
5 |
51.477 |
Joey Savatgy |
3 |
8th |
50.980 |
8 |
53.134 |
Chase Sexton |
4 |
3rd |
51.014 |
4 |
51.538 |
Christian Craig |
5 |
4th |
51.086 |
11 |
51.563 |
Aaron Plessinger |
6 |
6th |
51.106 |
8 |
52.192 |
Mitchell Oldenburg |
7 |
5th |
51.255 |
8 |
51.750 |
Adam Cianciarulo |
8 |
10th |
51.915 |
7 |
52.775 |
Hayden Mellross |
9 |
7th |
52.143 |
5 |
52.717 |
Phil Nicoletti |
10 |
9th |
52.173 |
8 |
52.798 |
Justin Hill |
11 |
13th |
52.290 |
12 |
53.135 |
Bradley Taft |
12 |
12th |
52.642 |
12 |
53.066 |
Mitchell Harrison |
13 |
11th |
52.643 |
7 |
53.429 |
Kyle Chisholm |
14 |
15th |
52.818 |
5 |
54.023 |
Justin Starling |
15 |
17th |
53.072 |
4 |
54.105 |
Ryan Breece |
16 |
18th |
53.179 |
6 |
54.812 |
Chase Marquier |
17 |
19th |
53.377 |
5 |
54.844 |
Brandan Leith |
18 |
14th |
53.595 |
2 |
54.480 |
Cole Martinez |
19 |
20th |
53.640 |
4 |
55.175 |
Killian Auberson |
20 |
16th |
53.725 |
6 |
54.655 |
Jean Carlo Ramos |
21 |
21st |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
Dakota Alix |
22 |
22nd |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
Justin Hoeft |
Lap Rank |
Finish |
Best Lap |
On Lap |
Avg Lap Time |
Rider |
1 |
3rd |
51.570 |
7 |
52.617 |
Chase Sexton |
2 |
4th |
51.654 |
8 |
52.295 |
Shane McElrath |
3 |
6th |
51.662 |
7 |
52.455 |
Mitchell Oldenburg |
4 |
7th |
51.674 |
7 |
52.441 |
Aaron Plessinger |
5 |
1st |
51.745 |
5 |
52.344 |
Joey Savatgy |
6 |
2nd |
51.818 |
3 |
52.251 |
Adam Cianciarulo |
7 |
8th |
52.513 |
5 |
53.103 |
Hayden Mellross |
8 |
5th |
51.889 |
10 |
52.599 |
Christian Craig |
9 |
9th |
52.648 |
11 |
53.452 |
Justin Hill |
10 |
10th |
52.689 |
4 |
53.704 |
Kyle Chisholm |
11 |
11th |
52.694 |
6 |
53.686 |
Phil Nicoletti |
12 |
12th |
52.993 |
6 |
53.831 |
Mitchell Harrison |
13 |
15th |
53.548 |
3 |
55.297 |
Justin Starling |
14 |
17th |
53.576 |
4 |
55.729 |
Killian Auberson |
15 |
16th |
53.599 |
5 |
55.394 |
Ryan Breece |
16 |
13th |
54.225 |
5 |
54.791 |
Cole Martinez |
17 |
14th |
54.299 |
6 |
54.689 |
Jean Carlo Ramos |
18 |
19th |
54.975 |
3 |
57.411 |
Brandan Leith |
19 |
18th |
55.091 |
5 |
56.510 |
Chase Marquier |
20 |
20th |
57.625 (1 lap) |
2 |
57.625 (1 lap) |
Bradley Taft |
21 |
21st |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
Dakota Alix |
22 |
22nd |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
Justin Hoeft |
The new format was a big hit with many, but one complaint was the appearance of less race time on TV and a lot more down time in between the races. Throughout the night, we got about seven minutes less of actual race time when compared to the traditional format that was used at Anaheim 1. So, really, there wasn't much of a difference.
Jason Weigandt reported earlier this week that Feld is working on some solutions to fix the gaps, so we'll see if they can get something figured out by the Minneapolis Supercross, which will also use the new format.